The relationship between the entrepreneur’s personal network multiplexity and firm growth

Figures & data

Table 1. The definitions of the network multiplexity construct’s dimensions.

The network multiplexity dimensions	Definition
Role multiplexity	The overlap of various types of roles performed by the network members.
Content multiplexity	The multiple content of exchange between entrepreneurs and their network members.
Degree multiplexity	The extent to which the entrepreneur is mutually-related to the other network members in terms of intensity and strength of relationships.

Source: Research result.

Table 2. The definitions of the network multiplexity construct’s dimensions (after exploratory factor analysis).

Proposed dimension	Definition	Construct dimension
Degree multiplexity	The extent to which the entrepreneur is mutually-related to the other network members in terms of intensity and strength of relationships.	Degree multiplexity
Content multiplexity	The multiple content of exchange between entrepreneurs and their friends.	The friends’ content multiplexity
	The multiple content of exchange between entrepreneurs and their business partners.	The business partners’ content multiplexity
	The multiple content of exchange between entrepreneurs and their relatives.	The relatives’ content multiplexity
Role multiplexity	The overlap of various types of roles performed by the network members.	Role multiplexity

Source: Research results.

Table 3. The network multiplexity construct convergent and discriminant validity.

Dimension	Overall model*		Overall model**
	Composite reliability	Composite reliability	DM	FCM	BPCM	RCM	RM
DM	0.786	0.587	1	0.571	0.575	0.420	0.465
FCM	0.814	0.571	0.571	1	0.580	0.563	0.607
BPCM	0.789	0.611	0.575	0.580	1	0.354	0.537
RCM	0.820	0.650	0.420	0.563	0.354	1	0.488
RM	0.786	0.587	1	0.571	0.575	0.420	0.465

* Goodness-of-fit-indices: NFI=0.928, NNFI=0.932, CFI=0.942, SRMR=0.082, RMSEA=0.086.

** All correlations were significant at 0.05.

Source: Research results.

Table 4. The summary of the findings: the empirical testing of the hypotheses.

Hypotheses	Dependent variable	Independent variable	Standardised coefficient	Result
H1A	Network multiplexity	Role multiplexity	0.98*	Supported
H1B	Network multiplexity	Friends’ content multiplexity	0.72*	Supported
		Business partners’ content multiplexity	0.82*
		Relatives’ content multiplexity	0.64*
H1C	Network multiplexity	Degree multiplexity	0.64*	Supported
H2	Firm growth	Network multiplexity	0.01*	Supported

* The coefficients significant at the 0.05 level.

Source: Research results.